
Current Concepts in Surgical Pathology, an online CME course, presents a broad overview of key areas of surgical pathology and intends to update both academic and community pathologists with new advances in the field.
Expert faculty deliver case-based lectures on topics like lymph node diagnosis, gestational trophoblast disease, DLBCL, inflammatory bowel disease, and more. This surgical pathology continuing medical education program will help you to:
Deceptive Patterns and Mimics of Invasive Breast Cancer
Melinda J. Lerwill, MD
Approach to Lymph Node Diagnosis
Judith A. Ferry, MD
Non-Invasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasms with Papillary-Like Nuclear Features and Thyroid Tumors with a Follicular Pattern
William C. Faquin, MD, PhD
Problems in Ovarian Tumor Interpretation
Mistakes that May Cause Harm to the Patient or Embarrass the Pathologist: Part I
Robert H. Young, MD
Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Problems and Peculiarities in Diagnosis
Aliyah R. Sohani, MD
Placental Pathologies that Necessitate Intervention
Drucilla J. Roberts, MD
lnflammatory Bowel Disease: Challenges and Controversies
Joseph Misdraji, MD
Problems in Ovarian Tumor Interpretation: Part II
Robert H. Young, MD
Myelodysplasia and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Robert P. Hasserjian, MD
Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ: Diagnostic Evaluation and Problematic Patterns
Melinda J. Lerwill, MD
Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Gastrointestinal and Pancreaticobiliary Tracts
Vikram Deshpande, MD
Gestational Trophoblast Disease
Drucilla J. Roberts, MD
Pancreaticobiliary Neoplasms and their Mimics
Vikram Deshpande, MD
Interstitial Lung Disease
Lida P. Hariri, MD, PhD
Classification and Genetics of Familial Thyroid Carcinoma
Vania Nosé, MD, PhD
Polyps and Other Precursors Lesions in the Colon
Lawrence R. Zukerberg, MD
Mesenchymal Neoplasms of the Uterus
Esther Oliva, MD
Update on Gastritis
Lawrence R. Zukerberg, MD
Approach to Ancillary Testing in Epithelioid Soft Tissue Tumors
Ivan A. Chebib, MD
Lung Carcinoma: Selected Issues in Histologic Classification
Mari Mino-Kenudson, MD
Practical Aspects of Meningioma Diagnosis
David N. Louis, MD
Neuropathology Frozen Section Interpretation: Problems and Pitfalls
Maria Martinez-Lage, MD
Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Its Differential Diagnosis
Judith A. Ferry, MD
The Application of Immunohistochemistry in the Differential Diagnosis of Ovarian Tumors
Esther Oliva, MD
Common Problems in Liver Biopsy Interpretation
Joseph Misdraji, MD
Salivary Gland Pathology
Peter M. Sadow, MD, PhD
Mucinous Lesions of the Breast
Veerle I.J. Bossuyt, MD
Vasculitis
James R. Stone, MD
Follicular Lymphoma
Abner Louissaint, Jr., MD, PhD
Renal Tumors: An Update
Kristine Cornejo, MD
Clinically Important Diagnoses in Sinonasal Pathology
William C. Faquin, MD, PhD
Adrenal Pathology
Peter M. Sadow, MD, PhD
Grading and Staging of Urologic Cancers: An Interactive Exercise
Chin-Lee Wu, MD, PhD
Pleomorphic Lobular and Variant Forms of Mammary Carcinoma In Situ
Travis L. Rice-Stitt, MD
Evaluation of Treatment-Related Changes in Breast Cancer
Elena F. Brachtel, MD
Instructive Cases
William C. Faquin, MD, PhD; Judith A. Ferry, MD; and Melinda J. Lerwill, MD
Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Subspecialty Head, Hematopathology
Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Subspecialty Head, Breast Pathology
Associate Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Subspecialty Head, Gynecologic Pathology
Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Robert E. Scully Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Associate Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Associate Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Associate Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor
Harvard Medical School
Subspecialty Head, Genitourinary Pathology
Associate Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Pathologist-in-Chief
Massachusetts General Hospital
Benjamin Castleman Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Subspecialty Head, Pulmonary Pathology
Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Subspecialty Head, Gastrointestinal Pathology
Associate Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Associate Chief, Anatomic & Molecular Pathology
Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Associate Subspecialty Head, Gynecologic Pathology
Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Pathology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor
Harvard Medical School
Subspecialty Head, Obstetric and Perinatal Pathology
Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Subspecialty Head, Head and Neck Pathology
Associate Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Surgical Pathology
Assistant Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Autopsy Service; Subspecialty Head
Cardiovascular Pathology
Associate Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Subspecialty Head, Frozen Section Service
Associate Pathologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Harvard Medical School designates this enduring material for a maximum of 29 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity is approved for 29 credits of Lifelong Learning (Part II) and Self-Assessment Module (SAM) eligible credits towards the American Board of Pathology's Maintenance of Certification Program.
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.
Through an agreement between the American Medical Association and the European Union of Medical Specialists, physicians may convert AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ to an equivalent number of European CME Credits® (ECMEC®s). Information on the process of converting AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ to ECMEC®s can be found at: www.eaccme.eu.
Date of Original Release: January 15, 2020
Termination Date: January 15, 2023 (Please note that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ will no longer be issued for the activity after this date)
Estimated Time to Complete the Activity: 29 hours
CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.
The course is designed to meet the following Institute of Medicine (IOM) Competencies:
This course is designed to meet the following American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)/Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educational (ACGME) competencies:
After viewing this program, participants will be better able to:
This course is targeted to physicians who specialize in pathology.
Harvard Medical School (HMS) adheres to all ACCME Accreditation Criteria and Policies. It is HMS's policy that those who have influenced the content of a CME activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that HMS may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.
Disclosure information for all individuals in control of the content of the activity is located on the disclosure statement in the PDF and printed syllabus.
CME activities accredited by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgment before making clinical decisions of any kind.
Provider: Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Course Director:
William C. Faquin, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Judith A. Ferry, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Melinda J. Lerwill, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Robert H. Young, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Credits: Earn a maximum of 29 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
SKU: PAV365E0